Antiset for hens.



A. B. SMITH. ANlsET fon HENs.

APPUCATIOIM FILED JUNE 26. |916.

`: lPmzentedl. Jan. 30, 1917.

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ALFRED IB. SMITH, 0F TOPEKA, KANSAS.

ANTISET FOR HENS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jian. 30, 191W?.

Application filed. June 26,' 1916. Serial No. 106,041.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED B. SMrri-I, a citizen of the United States, residing at rIopeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Antiset for I-Iens, of which the following is a speciiication.

The present invention is a device designed to prevent hens from setting, and it is the object of the invention to provide a novel and improved device of that character, which is simple and inexpensive in construction, easy to apply and remove, and thoroughly practical and efiicacious in use.

lilith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein; l

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a view of the device as applied to the leg of a hen, and in the position to prevent the hen from setting.

The attachment embodies a sleeve 1, which is preferably composed kof two arcuate sections 2 hinged together, as at 3, and adapted to be held in closed position in any suitable manner, such as by the provision of a spring catch 4 at the free edge of one section 2 engageable in an aperture 5 with which the other section 2 is provided adjacent its free edge. The sections 2 can be readily swung apart to apply or remove the sleeve 1, saidsleeve being'adapted to loosely surround the leg of the hen. lThe sleeve 1 is provided adjacent its opposite ends with annular series of radial wire prongs 6 having their free ends pointed, and the pointed ends of the two sets of prongs are curved away from one another, whereby to enhance the eliiciency of the device.

In use, the sleeve 1 is applied to the leg of the hen, and said sleeve being loose upon the leg can rotate and move longitudinally upon vthe leg without interference, so as not to prohibit the movements of the hen, other than the setting movement. Should the hen attempt to set, in which act the legs are brought toward a horizontal position, as seen in Fig. 2, the lowermost prongs G will engage the nest, while the uppermost prongs G nearest the body will prick the body of the hen, thus preventing her from setting. The curvature of the prongs 6 is of advantage in that it brings the pointed ends of the prongs into effective contact with the body of the hen, andthe sleeve 1 can be applied to the leg in reversed positions with the same result.

The device is easily removed and applied, and can be manufactured at a small cost, but is nevertheless thoroughly eiicient in USG.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED B.v SMITH. Witnesses:

F. L. PnAoooK, Gr. M. Co'rfrnnLL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each. by addressing the "Commissioner of Patente, Washington, It. tt. 

